Choose the Right Synonym for hurry

Noun

haste, hurry, speed, expedition, dispatch mean quickness in movement or action. haste applies to personal action and implies urgency and precipitancy and often rashness.
marry in hastehurry often has a strong suggestion of agitated bustle or confusion.
in the hurry of departure she forgot her toothbrush speed suggests swift efficiency in movement or action.
exercises to increase your reading speedexpedition and dispatch both imply speed and efficiency in handling affairs but expedition stresses ease or efficiency of performance and dispatch stresses promptness in concluding matters.
the case came to trial with expedition
paid bills with dispatch

Examples of hurry in a Sentence

Verb

Take your time. There's no need to hurry.
She hurried off to her class.
We hurried through the lesson so that we could finish early.
The teacher hurried us through the lesson.
They hurried the children off to bed.
The quarterback was forced to hurry his throw.

Noun

In her hurry to leave she forgot her briefcase.
after all her hurry to get her report done on time, Elizabeth learned that it wasn't due till the following week

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